FAML 400 Final Exam with answers
What theoretical paradigm emphasized that truth is imposed by those with the power to shape
knowledge? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Conflict
Theories: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Provide explanations for what is observed
Inform research
Are abstract and general ideas
Which component of theory demonstrates the relationship between concepts? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Propositions
If family scientists state that divorce rates are negatively related to social class, they mean that: - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The higher the social class, the lower the rate of divorce
T/F: Scientific paradigms (world views) are broader than theories and may help produce a number of
theories - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔TRUE
If you use a theory to guide the development of your research project or to develop a prevention
program, you are using _______ reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Deductive
The assumptions of a theory - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Are statements considered to be true that
provide the foundation of the theory
The advantages of Family Development Theory include all the following EXCEPT: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔It is easy to apply to a variety of family structures
Family Developmental Theory can be used to explain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Families
, In which of the following stages of development would parents need to deal with the task of coping with
energy depletion and lack of privacy as parents? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Preschool age
In Elder Oaks' article about reason and revelation he says, - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔When Reason
and Revelation differ, Revelation trumps Reason
Both Reason and Revelation are important ways we come to know trut
LeAnn and Joe have been married for a year. Since it is Joe's birthday, LeAnn is planning a party and
deciding on a gift. Joe's family has disowned him because he married LeAnn and since Joe was vice
president of his father's company before the marriage, Joe had to quit his job when he got married. Joe
now donates plasma on the weekdays and works at McDonalds on the weekends. LeAnn considers all of
of this in determining what gift to give Joe. Since her birthday was two months ago, she considers the
price of the gift she received from Joe and the restaurant they went to for her birthday celebration. She
then makes her plans accordingly. The expectation that the rewards of each person in a relationship will
be proportional to their respective costs and that the net rewards for each person will be proportional to
their investments in the relationship is called: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The rule of distributive
justice
Ray and Pauline have been married 20 years and have three children ranging in age from 10 years to 16
years. They live next door to Elaine, a recent widow with two small children, ages 8 and 10. Pauline
comments to Ray that they are so much more fortunate than Elaine because they have each other's help
in raising their children. Which of the following theorists and their contributions can be used in
explaining Pauline's comments? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Thibaut and Kelly - CL and CL+
(Comparison level & comparison level for alternatives)
Which of the following statements was stated as a critique of Social Exchange theory: - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔It ignores altruistic behavior
Its terms are used to define one another (tautology)
Humans don't always act rationally
What theoretical paradigm emphasized that truth is imposed by those with the power to shape
knowledge? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Conflict
Theories: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Provide explanations for what is observed
Inform research
Are abstract and general ideas
Which component of theory demonstrates the relationship between concepts? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Propositions
If family scientists state that divorce rates are negatively related to social class, they mean that: - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The higher the social class, the lower the rate of divorce
T/F: Scientific paradigms (world views) are broader than theories and may help produce a number of
theories - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔TRUE
If you use a theory to guide the development of your research project or to develop a prevention
program, you are using _______ reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Deductive
The assumptions of a theory - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Are statements considered to be true that
provide the foundation of the theory
The advantages of Family Development Theory include all the following EXCEPT: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔It is easy to apply to a variety of family structures
Family Developmental Theory can be used to explain - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Families
, In which of the following stages of development would parents need to deal with the task of coping with
energy depletion and lack of privacy as parents? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Preschool age
In Elder Oaks' article about reason and revelation he says, - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔When Reason
and Revelation differ, Revelation trumps Reason
Both Reason and Revelation are important ways we come to know trut
LeAnn and Joe have been married for a year. Since it is Joe's birthday, LeAnn is planning a party and
deciding on a gift. Joe's family has disowned him because he married LeAnn and since Joe was vice
president of his father's company before the marriage, Joe had to quit his job when he got married. Joe
now donates plasma on the weekdays and works at McDonalds on the weekends. LeAnn considers all of
of this in determining what gift to give Joe. Since her birthday was two months ago, she considers the
price of the gift she received from Joe and the restaurant they went to for her birthday celebration. She
then makes her plans accordingly. The expectation that the rewards of each person in a relationship will
be proportional to their respective costs and that the net rewards for each person will be proportional to
their investments in the relationship is called: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The rule of distributive
justice
Ray and Pauline have been married 20 years and have three children ranging in age from 10 years to 16
years. They live next door to Elaine, a recent widow with two small children, ages 8 and 10. Pauline
comments to Ray that they are so much more fortunate than Elaine because they have each other's help
in raising their children. Which of the following theorists and their contributions can be used in
explaining Pauline's comments? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Thibaut and Kelly - CL and CL+
(Comparison level & comparison level for alternatives)
Which of the following statements was stated as a critique of Social Exchange theory: - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔It ignores altruistic behavior
Its terms are used to define one another (tautology)
Humans don't always act rationally
